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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!paperboy.owt.com!oneworld.owt.com!msmith From: msmith@One World Telecom. (509) 735-0408 (Mark D. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ft0 floppy tape problem Date: 15 Sep 1995 20:07:10 GMT Organization: One World Telecommunications. (509) 735-0408 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <43cmde$68r@paperboy.owt.com> References: <43cdsc$ilf@overload.lbl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: oneworld.owt.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jin Guojun[ITG] (jin@eubie.lbl.gov) wrote: : ... : fd0: 1.44MB 3.5in : ft0: Colorado tape : wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 on isa : wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <Maxtor 7850 AR> : ...... : fdc0: input ready timeout : fdc0: input ready timeout : fdc0: output ready timeout : fdc0: input ready timeout I have this problem also. I was told by the codee's author that it's nothing to worry about. : mt stat : mt: Device not configured Don't use mt. mt is another device. to use the floppy tape do something like tar cvzf - /filesystem | ft "description" Mark